Yodelhe Yodlehe Yodle-le he Hooooooo

Here we have the little goat from the zoo that I mentioned in this last post. He was born last spring (I've had these photos sitting around!).  By now his little horns must have come in and he's grown big and strong. They named him Domino, a fitting choice, indeed.

He was taken home each evening by the keepers and bottle fed all through the night. They said they were tired, as all new mom's are -- but it's clear that they wouldn't trade the work in for the world! Domino just charmed the heart of everyone he met... mine included.

Isn't he just adorable? I totally envied this keeper who could pick him up like this and take him to her house to sleep! He'd come back in to work with her at the zoo all day, so she could be near to feed him as often as his own mother would.  While he got to follow her on some of her rounds, he got more and more time in the hoofstock pen to become acclimated to his real home -- the large yard where the other goats and sheep live.  There he'd make friends and learn how to do goat things.

At the time I was fairly new to the zoo and aching to be able to hold him and feed him a bottle. But that is the job of the staff caregivers. Little did I know that I would get the chance at the Wildlife Center almost a year later.  A good lesson in life.  When you really want something, wait a little.  It often is just around the corner, and will happen in it's own time and it's own way.